INTERVIEW
With La Seine Musicale, the British star will discover a new big Parisian scene, where he will present next Tuesday his new album My Songs , composed of covers of his songs, rearranged. Before that, he came to visit Emilie Mozoyer in Music !, on Thursday.
"I saw Le Grand Bleu here at the Seine Musical and I loved the atmosphere," says Sting. "I played in all the rooms of Paris: small clubs, Bercy, the Stade de France", continues the British singer and musician, who also played at the Bataclan for the reopening of the hall, a year after attacks in Paris in November 2015. Paris and Sting, so it's "a great story". "My first hit, Roxanne , was written here, and for reasons I do not know, Paris brings me to the birth of a new project every time, practically, I always start here, I do not know why. I love this city, "says the one who was named honorary president of Victoires de la Musique in 2018.
The fire of Notre-Dame "touched him in the same way as all the French"
On April 15, when Our Lady was ravaged by the flames, Sting was in New York. "When I saw the fire at Notre-Dame, it touched me in the same way as all French people, I think, it was a lot of emotion, so I feel very connected to the city", explains the British star.
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His son was born in Clamart ... May 24
Amazing fact: his son Jake was born in Clamart near Paris on May 24, 1985! If he says it has nothing to do with choosing the release date of his new album, Sting acknowledges it: "It's a good celebration."
A few days later, his tour will begin in Paris, La Seine Musicale. "This tour will allow me to explore possibilities and the beginning of the process will be in Paris, of course, as always," concludes the former singer of The Police.